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Louise Randall Pierson (Rosalind Russell) does not have an easy life. When she is a teenager, her beloved father dies, leaving her, her mother, and her sister in financial difficulty. However, heeding her father's advice to shoot for the stars, she remains undaunted.
Louise Randall Pierson was born on 18 May 1890 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for Roughly Speaking (1945) and You Bet Your Life (1950). She was married to Harold C. Pierson and Rodney Dean. She died in 1969 in the USA.
- Writer
- May 18, 1890
- Louise Randall Pierson
Pierson, Louise Randall was born on May 18, 1890 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Chase and Henrietta Louise (Pickering) Randall.
Pierson was born in Chappaqua, New York, the son of Louise (née Randall), a writer, and Harold C. Pierson. Pierson's family was the subject of his mother's 1943 autobiography Roughly Speaking and a 1945 movie of the same name, starring Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson as his parents.
Louise Randall Pierson was born on May 18, 1890 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for Roughly Speaking (1945) and You Bet Your Life (1950). She was married to Harold C. Pierson and Rodney Dean. She died in 1969 in the USA.
- May 18, 1890
Based on a best-selling autobiography by Louise Randall Pierson, Roughly Speaking (1945) is the story of an ordinary woman in the first half of the 20th century who continually overcomes adversity to build a happy life and a large and devoted family.
The book is the hilarious, lusty story of Louise Pierson's long swim upstream in pursuit of happiness---a swim in which, despite her powerful stroke, she was drawn into every current that was sweeping through America in those years.
- Louise Randall Pierson
